I am wondering how the headphones are set up. If it is only possible for one student at a time to view the film (one headset per TV), that would explain why they felt justified in unplugging the headset.
Judy Shoaf

First, post a sign (actually several) stating that use of headphones is required for using the monitors or any other AV equipment you have (computers included). Simultaneously, send a notice to all faculty (we have a faculty-only subscribers email list) that you will begin enforcing the headphone requirement to create a better study/learning atmosphere and ask their for assistance by asking their students to comply. Then, patrons who choose not to use headphones should be asked once to use them. If you have to ask the second time, indicate that they will be asked to leave because they are disturbing other patrons. If they then don't use the headphones and refuse to leave, call campus security. I had to do something very similar a few times when we first opened (25+ years ago), but have not had to get so drastic since then.
Good luck,
Gail

This question may sound strange, but it is important for me to find an answer. We have a listening room at the library with headphones attached to the TV monitors. Unfortunately, our patrons do not follow the library's policy of not disconnecting the headphones. They use the TV's speakers with high volume and disturb other patrons. Did you have the same problem? How did you solve it?

Farhad Moshiri
AV Librarian
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX
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